Chair-seat end construction



March 25, 1930. G. H. HAMILTON CHAIR SEAT END CONSTRUCTION Filed April 23, 1928 [N VENTOR fiazge 1 159277172212 BY Q I 1 a fl/w A TTORNE Y Patented Mar. 25, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GEORGE E. HAMILTON, 0F GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNbB TO AMERICAN SEAT- ING COMPANY, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY CHAIR-SEAT END consrnuc'rro v Application filed April 23,

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The main objects of this invention are to provide improved means for the light cover shield to a seat end; to provide a shield attaching means which requires but one bolt; and to provide an improved construction of seat end which permits the grounding of the electric light conduit in order to conform to the rules governing electric installations in large cities.

An illustrative embodiment of this invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a view in perspective of a theatre chair embodying this invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view in perspective of the inner side of the seat end shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view in medial vertical section of the same.

Heretofore in the construction of theatre seat ends, the shield for the electric light has ordinarily been secured to the seat end by a pair of bolts or screws positioned one at each side of the shield. By such construction the shield depended solely upon the bolts for being held in position and when it was necessary to remove the shield for servicing the light, the operation was more or less of an awkward one.

In my improved construction, the shield is embraced at its opposite sides by shoulders and at its lower end by a lug which also acts to some extent as a hinge. One bolt or screw only is provided and is positioned at the top end of the shield so that the servicing of the light is a very simple and readily accomplished operation.

In the construction shown in the drawings, a theatre seat 1 is provided with a cast iron end standard 2 having a depressed center panel portion 3, which is bounded along its vertical edges by protruding shoulders a and 5. The upper end of the panel portion 3 is further depressed to form a recess 6 for receiving and housing an electric light 7 mounted in a vertical position on a horizontally disposed bracket 8.

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- A portion of the recess wall is abruptly depressed to provide a horizontal wall 9 which has a vertically disposed opening therein that is threaded to receive an electric wire conduit tting 10. In the construction shown, this fitting is'shown as being the type to receive a flexible armored cable 11, but in case pipe is used, a short nipple thereof may be threaded into this opening. In either instance the construction is such as to provide a ground connection for the wire conduit.

. A. cover shield plate 12 is provided for fitting against the face of the panel portion, over the recess 6, the vertical sides thereof being embraced by the shoulders 4 and 5.

Means are provided for detachably securing the shield 12 to the seat end, and comprise an inwardly extending lug 13 integrally formed at the lower extremity of the shield, which is adapted to extend through an aperture 14 in the panel portion 3, located adjacent the lower end of the recess 6. The aperture 14 is of substantially the same size and shape as the cross sectional size of the lug 13, and the inner end of the lug has a depending toe 15 thereon which bears against the inner wall of the panel 3. Thelug 13 and toe 15 cooperate with a bolt 16 which passes through the extreme upper end of the shield 12, at the medialpoint thereof, and through the seat end, to hold the shield securely in place between the shoulders 4 and 5.

When it is desired to remove the shield 12 for servicing the light 7, the bolt 16 is first removed and the upper end of the shield swung outwardly and downwardly in an arc until the toe 15 is in substantially axial alignment with the aperture 14, at which time the lug and toe are withdrawn.

By reversing the foregoing operations, the assembly is accomplished. It will be seen that by this construction, the weight of the shield does not rest upon bolts or screws but is carried by the lug 13, and sidewise dis placement of the shield is prevented by the shoulders 4 and 5.

Although but one specific embodiment of this invention has been herein shown and described, it will be understood that numerous details of the construction shown may be altered or omitted without departing from the spiritof this invention as defined'by the following claims.

I claim:

1. Ina seatof the character described: a seat end having a; middle portion and side portions projecting outwardly therefrom, said middleportion having, a keeper orifice and a depression housing, an electric lamp above the keeper orifice; a shield for the lamp detachably applied to the faceofthe middle portion in an assembled position wherein its edges engagevsaid side-portions, the shield having at its lower end a lug, adapted to be thrust into" the keeP'rorifice in a horizontal assembling. position of the shield and to" em gage said middle] portion in the assembled raised position of the shield, the shield hav ing" at itsupper end' releasable means for securing the sameto' said middle" portionin as= seinbled position. x I x p 2"; In a seat of the character described: a seat end having a keeper orifice and a dc p'ression housing an electric" lamp above} the said orifice a shield for the lamp having portijons adjacent its opposite edges contacting the face'of the seat adjacent the depression and at its lower end a'lug" adapted to be thrust intothe keeper orifice in a horizontal assembling position ofthe shield and to engage's'aid middle portion in the" assembled raised position of the shield, the shield having an upper end portion re'ceived into the depression" in such'a'ss'embled position threaded means for securing said upper end portion in the depression. Y

'3. In a seat of the character described: a metallic cast seat end having a depression comprising'a main portion housing an electric lamp and a laterally extending portion having a horizontal side wall provided with an opening therethrough for receiving a verticfally disposed electric wire conduit in electrically grounded relation to the seat end'.

In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto set y hand at Grand Rapids, Michigan, this I 21st day of April, 1928.

GEORGE H. HAMILTON. 

